Armored Cavalry

Unit Information

Game Strategies

History

In the Extended Edition, this unit/building is affected by a damage bug. Missing -34% damage vs Armed Caravans, Armed Supply Wagons, and Armed Merchants. Missing +50% damage vs Civilians. Missing +15% damage vs Ranged Cavalry. Missing -5% damage vs Sparse. Missing +66% damage vs Siege (including but not limited to Artillery Weapons).

Armored Cavalry
Ranged Cavalry
Base cost	90 Food 40 Oil
Ramping cost	1 Food 1 Oil
Build time	12 seconds (188 frames)
Hit points	186
Line of sight	14 tiles
Movement speed	47 (3.7 tiles/second)
Attack strength	22
Attack range	0-13 tiles
Armor	4
Population points
Built at	Auto Plant
Prerequisites	Information Age
Hotkey (Auto Plant)	A
Upgrades from	Armored Scout Car
Special abilities	Can attack while moving Can attack low-flying aircraft

The Armored Cavalry is the Ranged Cavalry of the Information Age, available to upgrade from the Armored Scout Car and are built at the Auto Plant.

Overview

When Armored Scout Cars become Armored Cavalry, they gain +18 hit points, +1 attack strength, +1 attack range, +2 movement speed and +1 line of sight.

Armored Cavalry fire two separate shots per attack salvo, which can give the appearance that they attack at twice the speed of Armored Scout Cars. Each shot will deal half of the full attack's damage, but because each shot is part of the same attack there's no further interaction with enemy armor (unlike units which do actually attack at double-speed such as Samurai), there's no difference to overall DPS.

Trivia

• The Armored Cavalry uses two models; the more common of the two is the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (specifically the M2 variant) that is used by all nations except the Bantu, the Chinese, the Egyptians, the Mongols, the Nubians and the Russians which uses the BMP infantry fighting vehicle (specifically the BMP-2 variant).